Phantogram: The electronica duo may sound like they're from the New York City hipster scene, but guitarist Joshua Carter and keyboardist Sarah Barthel prefer the quiet of Saratoga Springs, N.Y. "We write and record in this barn out in a field," Carter says. "And Sarah and I have known each other since high school, so we get along really well."

Call it trippy. Just don't call it trip-hop. Third album Third, Portishead's return after an 11-year hiatus, not only heralds a daring reinvention, it hammers the final nail into the coffin of a genre the U.K. trio popularized but never embraced.

As Portishead finished its meticulously sparse evening performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the typically reticent Beth Gibbons suddenly leapt off the stage and ran a 100-yard dash along the fenced-in crowd, exuberantly shaking their hands.